Browsing Annales. Etyka w życiu gospodarczym 2015, vol. 18 nr 4 by Issue Date
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Civilians in the Line of Fire in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)In our world today, afflicted by wars between States, by conflict between groups within States, and by the scourge of terrorism, civilians constitute the ‘vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict’ (UN ... -
Leadership in Catholic Social Teaching
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)The material subject of Catholic social science is man and his actions taken in the fields of politics, the economy and society. According to its rules each person should be engaged in building the world through the ... -
Discretion in Professional Practice and in Engineering Ethics
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)There is an ongoing investigation by scholars of ethics and economics into whether human decision making and the resultant acts should be guided by rules and procedures or by judgment and discretion. Although each of these ... -
Tax Non-avoidance as a Missing Piece of the Puzzle in the CSR Agenda in Poland
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)The commitment not to engage in tax avoidance – to refrain from using aggressive tax planning techniques – has not become part of the corporate social responsibility agenda in Poland. The purpose of this paper is to ... -
Impact of the Credit Rating Agencies on the Financial Crisis 2007–2009
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)The paper presents some ethical aspects of the credit rating agencies (CRAs) market in the light of the latest economic crisis of 2008. A historical background is also shown and how the CRA market emerged. It is emphasised ... -
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Relationship between Ethics and Today’s Capitalism
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)The paper begins by emphasizing the fact that, on a historical scale, one can have several views of the relationship that has existed over time between ethics and capitalism, namely: missionary, ‘Nietzschean’, critical, ... -
The Changing Face of Economics? Ethical Issues in Contemporary Economic Schools as a Consequence of Changes in the Concept of Human Nature
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)The last financial crisis combined with some recent social trends (like growing inequality or environmental problems) inspired many contemporary economists to the re-evaluation of actual economic knowledge in the search ... -
Economics as a Discipline of Instrumental Reason. Looking at Economics as a Science from the Perspective of the Frankfurt School of Philosophy
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)The article is built around the analysis of The critique of instrumental reason by Horkheimer, applied to issues connected with the philosophy of economics. Positive economics is under-stood as an example of a discipline ... -
Cryptocurrency with a Conscience: Using Artificial Intelligence to Develop Money that Advances Human Ethical Values
(Lodz University Press, 2015-12)Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are offering new avenues for economic empowerment to individuals around the world. However, they also provide a powerful tool that facilitates criminal activities such as human trafficking ...